How to Use follicle in a Sentence

follicle

noun
Definition of folliclenext
  • Each follicle grows hair for a few years and then stops and the hair falls out.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The fur that then grew out of that melanocyte-less follicle was gray.
    — Connie Chang, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2023
  • The pigment in the follicles absorbs the light and that destroys the hair.
    — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 2 May 2018
  • The goal is to achieve the same hair length as other follicles.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • Once the melanin in hair is targeted, the laser burns all the way down the hair follicle and root.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 1 June 2017
  • The Prep: The best way to shave is right out of the shower, that way your beard follicles have been softened up.
    — Esquire Editors, Esquire, 22 June 2016
  • The steam and hot water will open up your pores and soften the hair follicles.
    — Scott Christian, Esquire, 28 July 2017
  • The follicle, just like the hair fiber, can be different shapes and sizes.
    — Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The air in a spacecraft is full of hair follicles and dead skin floating around.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 June 2017
  • The thread is then pulled slightly to gently remove the hair from the follicle.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2021
  • At that point, the follicle from which a hair sprouted begins to grow a new one.
    — Stacey Colino, TIME, 12 July 2024
  • Hair thickness has a lot to do with the actual size of the follicle.
    — Loni Venti, Allure, 2 Aug. 2020
  • My ‘stache has been ripped off so many times that the follicles barely grow back.
    — Iman Hariri-Kia, Teen Vogue, 2 Oct. 2017
  • For the first half of your cycle (about 12 to 14 days), the hormones stimulate the follicle and egg to grow.
    — Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024
  • Although the bulb of the follicle is alive, the hair shaft is dead and insensible.
    — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 13 Jan. 2017
  • That torque-rich four-banger gets the Cruze from a standing start to 60 in a follicle under eight seconds.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • This helps to keep the follicles clean and unclogged, making them less prone to pimples.
    — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2018
  • These alter your skin's pH level to loosen hairs from the follicles.
    — Cristina Mueller, Redbook, 10 Jan. 2011
  • The follicle itself will shrink, as will the density of the hair overall.
    — Adam Hurly, GQ, 1 May 2018
  • And this infection causes the hair not to grow out of the skin, but backwards inside the follicle.
    — Alexis Jones, Women's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Follicular cysts form when the follicle doesn't let go of the egg and begins to swell up.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 28 Jan. 2019
  • But that's not the only source of transplantable follicles.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 2 May 2019
  • Not to mention, the guys who opt to chop it all off have to think about smaller follicles inside the scalp and future hair growth.
    — Joseph Cheatham, Men's Health, 11 June 2023
  • The firm conducts follicle tests, which can catch traces of weed for up to three months after someone smokes.
    — Danielle Paquette, The Cannabist, 17 May 2017
  • But this scalp massage strengthens that follicle, which in turn strengthens the hairs that grow from it.
    — Adam Hurly, GQ, 15 June 2018
  • Lasers use heat energy to target the melanin—the pigment that gives hair, skin, and eyes color—at the base of follicles.
    — Hunter Lacey, Allure, 3 July 2024
  • While alopecia can affect any part of the body, like the arms and legs, hair loss due to alopecia most often affects the follicles on the scalp.
    — Ayana Underwood, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Each strip contains thousands of follicles, the proto-eggs of the ovary, preserved at their peak.
    — Robin Marantz Henig, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • These topical treatments work by dissolving the dead skin cells plugging up your follicles.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 16 Aug. 2024
  • During each menstrual cycle, several dozens of follicles will be recruited (selected) – but only a single dominant follicle will release its egg to be fertilised.
    — Stephane Berneau, CNN, 31 July 2024

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